re: #268 jcm

They are not national, they are local boards by in large. They are not socialist in the definition de Tocqueville and you are being disingenuous to suggest so.

Common good is just that, COMMON, it benefits ALL EQUALY. A highway system benefits everyone, so do National Parks. Common Good IS NOT, taking from one and giving to another.

How is it the COMMON GOOD to take a dollar out of a community give it to the Federal Government and get 35 back for the local school, along with over arching Federal regulations in direct contravention of the 10th Amendment?

Well, if someone is getting .35 cents on the dollar, someone else is getting a shitpot more, aren’t they? That’s politics, my man.

And to your other point, who the heck made de Tocqueville God? Why does a dead Frenchman become the arbiter of the conversation? Local utilities and emergency services are paid by the citizens. They are not privatized organizations. They are socialist by definition. Sheesh.